delivered by Hitesh Upreti, Advisory Board Member, CPhI - Middle East & Africa, at the Global Forum 2020 Responsible Business Practices session

1. GLOBAL FORUM2020
3 R D S A V I N G L I V E S S U S T A I N A B L Y:
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IN THE HEALTH
SECTOR GLOBAL FORUM|2020 RIYADH
Hitesh Upreti
Responsible
Business Practices

2. Pharmacuticals Business
• The pharmaceutical industry discovers, develops, produces,
and markets drugs.
• The Pharmaceutical Manufacturer has to ensure Safety,
Efficacy, and Quality of the drug produced by them.
• Industry has to focus on Research & Development, Cost
Effectiveness and Delivery until last mile.
• Improvement in Quality of Life
• A highly profitable, prosperous, and ever-growing industry.

3. Responsibility of Industry
• Research & Development
• Quality & Drug Safely (cGMP Adherence)
• Pricing of the product (Until end users)
• Environment Protection
• SHE/ ESG
• Safety and Development of the employees
• Responsibility towards employees, end uses
(patients/ Consumers) & Society at large

5. Concerned Areas
• Procurement
• Production
• Quality
• Distribution & Marketing
• Pharmacovigilence

6. • In developing markets, patients need to be educated for awareness and access to latest development across the world
in healthcare
Progressively shift from prescription drugs to other product segments and to healthcare delivery, and these shifts will
be different by region
Primary care franchises, a portfolio mix evolution towards specialty care products designed for highly profiled patient
populations and backed by complex scientific and medical data, the industry needs to identify which business targets
are genuinely attractive for major or new investments.
The capacity issues in relation to the size of the medical need or of the market demand the private-public partnerships
to address the full spectrum of public health issues, from basic patient access to care to managing global health
crises.
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7. • Developing and maintaining productive work force from grass root level of education.
Countries should standardize the pricings of the health care items so as to make it affordable.
Governments and private sectors to work together and plan on priority areas of focus in the industry and have a
clear road map for sustainability at least for 5 years.
National strategies should be made to reduce inequalities in health
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